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“百慕大三角之谜”已解开？

过去，曾有许多飞机和船只驶入百慕大三角地区后便神秘失踪，原因众说纷纭未有定论。最近，有科学家提出新理论，认为该区上空形成“六边形的怪云”，是令飞机和船只失事失踪的元凶。

“百慕大三角之谜”已解开？1

Researchers in the US claim they have discovered the answer to the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle.

美国的研究者声称已经破解了百慕大三角之谜。

Covering more than half a million square miles of ocean located between Bermuda, Florida and Puerto Rica, the term "Bermuda Triangle" was first coined by writer Vincent H. Gaddis in 1964.

“百慕大三角”一词最先于1964年由作家文森特•嘉迪斯提出，是指百慕大群岛、佛罗里达州和波多黎各之间超过五十万平方千米的海域。

The area is notorious for (legend has it) the unusually high number of planes and ships that go missing there without trace.

据传说，有大量的飞机和船只曾在这片海域离奇失踪。“百慕大三角”因此臭名昭著。

In a new Science Channel documentary, meteorologists claim that an unusual type of cloud located in the region could be behind a number of the disappearances.

在科学频道新播出的一部纪录片中，气象学家们认为大部分的神秘失踪事件可能和这片海域上的一种不同寻常的云有关。

The hexagonal-shaped clouds, measuring between 20 and 50 miles across, can cause extremely localised high winds which, they speculate, could be the cause of some of the previously-unexplained incidents.